Object Description: This is the third largest galaxy in our Local Group, after the Andromeda and Milky Way Galaxies. Approximately 2.5 million light years away, it is a naked eye object in my skies. The image is oriented North left.

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106N
Camera: Canon 40D self-modified w/ Baader UV/IR cut filter
Mount: ParamountME unguided
Filters: none

Date Taken: 28SEP2008
Location: Lot4, Arcturus Way, Sacramento Mountains Astronomy Park, Weed, NM
Sky Conditions: transparency 3/5, seeing averaged 2.13 arcseconds for the night.
Image Acquisition: 42x300s, iso800 using ImagesPlus 3.5

Image Processing: ImagesPlus 3.80 used for data reduction, grading, alignment, SigMed combine, initial DDP, ARL deconvolution. PSCS4 used for levels, curves, and color enhancement. GradX for background equalization. Not sure why I didn't process this at the time, just recently discovered the data on my PC, along with some other data.